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All 435 House seats and 33 of the 100 Senate seats were at stake. Going into the election, Democrats held 201 seats, the GOP 229, with four open seats and one held by an independent. Democrats picked up more than two dozen Republican seats on Tuesday and took control of the House. Before the vote, Republicans held 55 Senate seats, Democrats 44, with one seat held by an independent. There were 36 gubernatorial elections across the nation, with Democrats winning 20. A look at the vote in each state:

Alabama

Governor

99% of vote

Bob Riley (R)...58%

Lucy Baxley (D)...42%

Riley is the incumbent.

House: Seven seats were at stake, with Republicans winning five.

Alaska

Governor

99% of vote

Sarah Palin (R)...49%

Tony Knowles (D)...41%

Palin defeated Gov. Frank H. Murkowski in the GOP primary.

House: One at-large seat was at stake, with incumbent Republican Rep. Don Young winning reelection.

Arizona

Senate

99% of vote

Jon Kyl (R)...53%

Jim Pederson (D)...44%

Kyl is the incumbent.

Governor

99% of vote

Janet Napolitano (D)...63%

Len Munsil (R)...35%

Napolitano is the incumbent.

House: Eight seats were at stake, with each party winning four.

Ballot measures: Voters defeated a proposed ban on same-sex marriage and approved a proposal to restrict government use of eminent domain to seize private property.

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Arkansas

Governor

99% of vote

Asa Hutchinson (R)...41%

Mike Beebe (D)...55%

Outgoing Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee is considering a presidential bid in 2008.

House: Four seats were at stake, with three won by Democrats.

California

Senate

99% of vote

Dianne Feinstein (D)...60%

Richard Mountjoy (R)...40%

Feinstein is the incumbent.

Governor

99% of vote

A. Schwarzenegger (R)...56%

Phil Angelides (D)...39%

Schwarzenegger is the incumbent.

House: Fifty-three seats were at stake with Democrats winning 32.

Colorado

Governor

99% of vote

Bob Beauprez (R)...41%

Bill Ritter (D)...56%

Outgoing Republican Gov. Bill Owens has served two terms.

House: Seven seats were at stake, with Democrats winning four.

Ballot measure: Voters approved a proposed ban on same-sex marriage.

Connecticut

Senate

100% of vote

Ned Lamont (D)...40%

Joe Lieberman (I)...50%

Alan Schlesinger (R)...10%

Lieberman, the incumbent, lost the Democratic primary to Lamont and ran as an independent.

Governor

100% of vote

M. Jodi Rell (R)...63%

John DeStefano Jr. (D)...35%

Rell is the incumbent.

House: Five seats were at stake, with Democrats winning four.

Delaware

Senate

100% of vote

Thomas R. Carper (D)...70%

Jan Ting (R)...29%

Carper is the incumbent.

House: Republican Mike Castle was elected to an at-large seat.

Florida

Senate

99% of vote

Bill Nelson (D)...60%

Katherine Harris (R)...38%

Nelson is the incumbent.

Governor

99% of vote

Charlie Crist (R)...52%

Jim Davis (D)...45%

Outgoing Republican Gov. Jeb Bush has served two terms.

House: Twenty-five House seats were at stake, with Republicans winning 16.

Ballot measure: A proposal to restrict government use of eminent domain to seize private property was approved.

Georgia

Governor

98% of vote

Sonny Perdue (R)...58%

Mark Taylor (D)...38%

Perdue is the incumbent.

House: Thirteen seats were at stake, with Republicans winning seven and one race still undecided.

Ballot measure: A proposal to restrict government use of eminent domain to seize private property was approved.

Hawaii

Senate

99% of vote

Daniel K. Akaka (D)...61%

Cynthia Thielen (R)...37%

Akaka is the incumbent.

Governor

99% of vote

Linda Lingle (R)...63%

Randy Iwase (D)...35%

Lingle is the incumbent.

House: Two seats were at stake, with Democrats winning both.

Idaho

Governor

98% of vote

C. L. “Butch” Otter (R)...53%

Jerry Brady (D)...44%

Idaho went strongly for President Bush in 2000 and 2004.

House: Two seats were at stake, with Republicans winning both.

Ballot measure: Voters approved a proposed ban on same-sex marriage and defeated a proposal to restrict government use of eminent domain to seize private property.

Illinois

Governor

98% of vote

Rod Blagojevich (D)...50%

Judy Baar Topinka (R)...40%

Blagojevich is the incumbent.

House: Nineteen seats were at stake, 10 won by Democrats.

Indiana

Senate

99% of vote

Richard G. Lugar (R)...87%

No Democratic challenger

Lugar is the popular incumbent.

House: Nine seats were at stake, with Democrats winning five.

Iowa

Governor

100% of vote

Chet Culver (D)...54%

Jim Nussle (R)...44%

Outgoing Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsak served two terms.

House: Five seats were at stake, with three won by Democrats.

Kansas

Governor

100% of vote

Kathleen Sebelius (D)...58%

James Barnett (R)...41%

Sebelius is the incumbent.

House: Four seats were at stake, with two won by each party.

Kentucky

House: Six seats were at stake, with Republicans winning four.

Louisiana

House: Seven seats were at stake, with Republicans winning five and one race undecided.

Maine

Senate

98% of vote

Olympia J. Snowe (R)...74%

Jean Hay Bright (D)...21%

Snowe is the incumbent.

Governor

98% of vote

John Baldacci (D)...38%

C. Woodcock (R)...30%

Baldacci is the incumbent.

House: Two seats were at stake, both won by Democrats.

Maryland

Senate

98% of vote

Benjamin L. Cardin (D)...55%

Michael Steele(R)...44%

Democratic Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes did not seek reelection.

Governor

98% of vote

Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R)...46%

Martin O’Malley (D)...53%

Ehrlich is the incumbent.

House: Eight seats were at stake, with Democrats winning six.

Massachusetts

Senate

100% of vote

Edward M. Kennedy (D)...69%

Ken Chase (R)...31%

Kennedy is the incumbent.

Governor

100% of vote

Kerry Healey (R)...35%

Deval Patrick (D)...56%

Republican Gov. Mitt Romney did not seek reelection.

House: Ten seats were at stake, all won by Democrats.

Michigan

Senate

100% of vote

Debbie Stabenow (D)...57%

Mike Bouchard (R)...41%

Stabenow is the incumbent.

Governor

100% of vote

Jennifer Granholm (D)...56%

Dick DeVos (R)...42%

Granholm is the incumbent.

House: Fifteen seats were at stake, with nine won by the GOP.

Ballot measure: A proposal to restrict government use of eminent domain to seize private property was approved.

Minnesota

Senate

100% of vote

Amy Klobuchar (D)...58%

Mark Kennedy (R)...38%

Democratic Sen. Mark Dayton did not seek reelection.

Governor

100% of vote

Tim Pawlenty (R)...47%

Mike Hatch (D)...46%

Pawlenty is the incumbent.

House: Eight seats were at stake, with Democrats winning five.

Mississippi

Senate

99% of vote

Trent Lott (R)...64%

Erik Fleming (D)...35%

Lott is the incumbent.

House: Four seats were at stake, with each party winning two.

Missouri

Senate

98% of vote

Jim Talent (R)...47%

Claire McCaskill (D)...49%

Talent is the incumbent.

House: Nine seats were at stake, with five won by Republicans.

Ballot measure: Voters approved a measure to permit stem cell research and a proposal to increase the state tax on tobacco.

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Montana

Senate

100% of vote

Conrad Burns (R)...48%

Jon Tester (D)...49%

Burns is the incumbent.

House: The at-large seat was won by incumbent Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg.

Nebraska

Senate

99% of vote

Ben Nelson (D)...64%

J. Peter Ricketts (R)...36%

Nelson is the incumbent.

Governor

99% of vote

Dave Heineman (R)...74%

David Hahn (D)...24%

Heineman is the incumbent.

House: Three seats were at stake, all won by Republicans.

Nevada

Senate

100% of vote

John Ensign (R)...55%

Jack Carter (D)...41%

Ensign is the incumbent. His opponent is the son of former President Jimmy Carter.

Governor

100% of vote

Jim Gibbons (R)...48%

Dina Titus (D)...44%

Outgoing Republican Gov. Kenny Guinn served two terms.

House: Three seats were at stake, with two won by Republicans.

Ballot measure: A proposal to restrict government use of eminent domain to seize private property was approved.

New Hampshire

Governor

100% of vote

John Lynch (D)...74%

Jim Coburn (R)...26%

Lynch is the incumbent.

House: Two seats were at stake, both won by Democrats

Ballot measure: A proposal to restrict government use of eminent domain to seize private property was approved.

New Jersey

Senate

99% of vote

Robert Menendez (D)...53%

Tom Kean Jr. (R)...45%

Menendez is the incumbent.

House: Thirteen seats were at stake, with Democrats winning seven.

New Mexico

Senate

99% of vote

Jeff Bingaman (D)...71%

Allen McCulloch (R)...29%

Bingaman is the incumbent.

Governor

99% of vote

Bill Richardson (D)...68%

John Dendahl (R)...32%

Richardson is the incumbent.

House: Three seats were at stake, with each party winning one and one still undecided.

New York

Senate

99% of vote

Hillary Clinton (D)...67%

John Spencer (R)...31%

Clinton is the incumbent.

Governor

99% of vote

John Faso (R)...29%

Eliot Spitzer (D)...69%

Outgoing Republican Gov. George E. Pataki served two terms.

House: Twenty-nine seats were at stake, with 23 won by Democrats.

North Carolina

House: Thirteen seats were at stake, with seven won by Democrats and one still undecided.

North Dakota

Senate

100% of vote

Kent Conrad (D)...69%

Dwight Grotberg (R)...30%

Conrad is the incumbent.

House: The at-large seat was won by incumbent Democratic Rep. Earl Pomeroy.

Ballot measure: A proposal to restrict government use of eminent domain to seize private property was being approved.

Ohio

Senate

100% of vote

Mike DeWine (R)...44%

Sherrod Brown (D)...56%

DeWine is the incumbent.

Governor

100% of vote

J. Kenneth Blackwell (R)...37%

Ted Strickland (D)...60%

Outgoing Republican Gov. Robert A. Taft served two terms.

House: Eighteen seats were at stake, with Republicans winning 11.

Oklahoma

Governor

100% of vote

Brad Henry (D)...67%

Ernest Istook(R)...33%

Henry is the incumbent.

House: Five seats were at stake, with Republicans winning four.

Oregon

Governor

80% of vote

Ted Kulongoski (D)...51%

Ron Saxton(R)...43%

Kulongoski is the incumbent.

House: Five house seats were at stake, with Democrats winning four.

Ballot measure: A proposal to restrict the government from using eminent domain to seize private property was being approved.

Pennsylvania

Senate

99% of vote

Rick Santorum (R)...41%

Bob Casey Jr. (D)...59%

Santorum is the incumbent.

Governor

99% of vote

Ed Rendell (D)...60%

Lynn Swan(R)...40%

Rendell is the incumbent.

House: Nineteen seats were at stake, with 11 won by Democrats.

Rhode Island

Senate

100% of vote

Lincoln Chafee (R)...47%

Sheldon Whitehouse (D)...53%

Chafee is the incumbent.

Governor

100% of vote

Donald L. Carcieri (R)...51%

Charles Fogarty (D)...49%

Carcieri is the incumbent.

House: Two seats were at stake, both won by Democrats.

South Carolina

Governor

100% of vote

Mark Sanford (R)...55%

Tommy Moore (D)...45%

Sanford is the incumbent.

House: Six seats were at stake, with four won by Republicans.

Ballot measures: A proposed ban on same-sex marriage and a proposal to restrict government use of eminent domain to seize private property were both approved.

South Dakota

Governor

100% of vote

Michael Rounds (R)...62%

Jack Billion (D)...36%

Rounds is the incumbent.

House: The at-large seat was won by incumbent Democratic Rep. Stephanie Herseth.

Ballot measures: A proposed ban on same-sex marriage was approved.

Tennessee

Senate

99% of vote

Bob Corker (R)...51%

Harold E. Ford Jr. (D)...48%

Outgoing Republican Sen. Bill Frist did not seek reelection.

Governor

99% of vote

Phil Bredesen (D)...69%

James Bryson (R)...30%

Bredesen is the incumbent.

House: Nine seats were at stake, with Democrats winning five.

Ballot measure: A proposed ban on same-sex marriage was approved.

Texas

Senate

99% of vote

Kay B. Hutchison (R)...62%

Barbara Radnofsky (D)...36%

Hutchison is the incumbent.

Governor

99% of vote

Rick Perry (R)...39%

Chris Bell (D)...30%

There were multiple independent candidates in the race. Perry is the incumbent.

House: Thirty-two seats were at stake, with Republicans winning 19 and one seat still undecided.

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Utah

Senate

99% of vote

Orrin G. Hatch (R)...63%

Pete Ashdown (D)...31%

Hatch is the incumbent.

House: Three seats were at stake, with Republicans winning 2.

Vermont

Senate

100% of vote

Bernie Sanders (I)...65%

Richard Tarrant (R)...32%

Independent Sen. James M. Jeffords did not seek reelection.

Governor

100% of vote

Jim Douglas (R)...57%

Scudder Parker (D)...41%

Douglas is the incumbent.

House: The at-large seat was won by Democrat Peter Welch.

Virginia

Senate

99% of vote

George Allen (R)...49%

James Webb (D)...50%

Allen is the incumbent.

House: Eleven seats were at stake, with Republicans winning eight.

Ballot measure: A proposed ban on same-sex marriage was approved.

Washington

Senate

54% of vote

Maria Cantwell (D)...58%

Mike McGavick (R)...39%

Cantwell is the incumbent.

House: Nine seats were at stake, with six won by Democrats.

West Virginia

Senate

100% of vote

Robert C. Byrd (D)...64%

John Raese (R)...34%

Byrd has served more than 45 years in the Senate.

House: Three seats were at stake, with Democrats winning two.

Wisconsin

Senate

100% of vote

Herb Kohl (D)...67%

Robert Gerald Lorge...30%

Kohl is the incumbent.

Governor

100% of vote

James Doyle (D)...53%

Mark Green (R)...45%

Doyle is the incumbent.

House: Eight seats were at stake, with Democrats winning five.

Ballot measure: A proposed ban on same-sex marriage was approved.

Wyoming

Senate

100% of vote

Craig Thomas (R)...70%

Dale Groutage (D)...30%

Thomas is the incumbent.

Governor

100% of vote

Dave Freudenthal (D)...70%

Ray Hunkins (R)...30%

Freudenthal is the incumbent.

House: The contest for the at-large seat remained too close to call.

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